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A College of Education research study was instrumental in netting a $634,000 MHEC award to expand and enhance the Professional Development School (PDS) Network. [more]

5 questions for ... Jim Spivack

After Virginia Tech shootings, advice forTU faculty and staff

The shock and horror may have subsided, but Jim Spivack, director of TU's Counseling Center, continues to field questions about grief and how best to deal with concerns about a student's mental health. [more]

So they said....

"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live."

Robert F. Kennedy, 1925-1968

Tigers to battle Blue Jays
Men's lacrosse team to host Johns Hopkins on Saturday

What? The 15th ranked Tigers, fresh from a dramatic 9-8 come-from-behind win over Drexel, will be seeking their second victory in a row when they face off against the 5th ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays this weekend.

When? Saturday, April 28, at 1 p.m.

Where? Johnny Unitas® Stadium

How? Members of the TU faculty and staff are entitled to one free admission with a valid OneCard. For ticket information, call x42244. WMAR-TV (ABC2) and ESPNU will televise the Tigers/Blue Jays matchup.

TU in the news

Pursuing lifelong dreams

The Washington Times, April 23

Reporter Shelley Widhalm spoke to Jan Sinnott, Department of Psychology, for her story about men and women who continue to work, volunteer or take classes in their retirement years. Sinnott said retirees who choose to return to work may not be able to afford to retire, or they want to keep active or pursue another interest through working or taking classes. "Thinking gets more complex as they get older, she said. "They see things from more perspectives."

Colleges bound by privacy law, medical ethics

The Sun, April 19

Reporters Gadi Dechter and Frank D. Roylance investigated the limits privacy laws and medical ethics impose on universities in their dealings with mentally ill students. They noted that apart from extreme cases, college mental health professionals are usually reluctant to be seen as an extention of a universty's administration or law enforcement. James Spivack, Counseling Center, said TU's center "works very hard to protect its neutrality on campus."

Her child's safe, but mom still feels the pain

Towson Times, April 19

Pegg Melfa, Dowell Health Center, spoke to Bob Allen about the gratitude—tempered by pain—that she felt upon learning that her daughter Mackenzie, 21, was unharmed following the April 16 shootings that left 33 dead on the Virginia Tech campus. "As a mother, I know how horrible it is for those people who still hadn't heard from their kids, or who will never hear from their kids," she added. Despite the tragedy, she said her daughter plans to return to Virginia Tech next fall.